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> Google has explicitly WontFix'd bugs on the subject of expanding incognito to be hardened against fingerprinting Obviously. Google is in the business of dest
by benevol 10y ago
> Google has explicitly WontFix'd bugs on the subject of expanding incognito to be hardened against fingerprinting
Obviously. Google is in the business of destroying your privacy: Advertising revenue is maximized when the consumer is/remains completely tracked and profiled at all times.
Other browser vendors which are not in the ad business could use this as an opportunity to differentiate themselves from Google:
Introduce a 3rd browsing mode which kills fingerprinting (with the "cost" of reduced user friendliness).
- Freak_NL 10y agoOr just let the user decide at the start of a private session. Firefox already does this with tracking protection. If Mozilla decides to improve tracking protection at the cost of usability (such as hiding you preferred language), than offering that as a toggle-able option on that page might be sufficient to empower the user to decide for on his own.
- benevol 10y ago> offering that as a toggle-able option on that page might be sufficient Technically speaking yes. From a marketing/communication standpoint, I would separate this "feature" clearly from the 2 known browsing experiences. It not only clearly communicates to the user that a different browsing experience is about to start. By selling it as "the third browsing mode", it definitely also adds more perceived value to the product.
- cwilkes 10y agoGoogle already has that info without these hacks. In fact it is in googles best interest to remove these security holes so other advertisers lose whatever minor advantage they can get.